I figured I'd start a EPIK thread for the 2013 application pool. I was initially going to apply for a few hagwon positions in Nov/Dec but decided it would be best to apply to EPIK next year. I just sent in my application and awaiting a response.

I am graduating in Aug so It will give me ample time to get my documents ready. No teaching experience but have a year 1/2 working as a TA, college career assistant and now working with the Department of Health with foster kids. I know that this does not qualify as teaching experience but working with children in other ways must count for something (ok maybe not)

Unrelated double major (Public and Justice Administration) and a certificate in Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (may help).

My only issue is debating whether or not to send off for my CBC so early. Also, a few traffic tickets are a bit of a worry but by many posts is seems as though fingerprinted offenses get reported.

I know there are a few lurkers out there who mentioned applying next year!

I have just under a year's experience teaching adults in Spain, after completing a TEFL course there. I also have experience working with secondary school kids on work experience and training for professional qualifications as part of the training team at a financial services firm. Hopefully this will be enough (combined with my BSc of course)!

Starting to get a bit concerned as my university professor isn't getting back to me about the damn recommendation letter, my TEFL trainer is writing the other one, as obviously I don't want to ask my current employer.

I'm hoping for Seoul/satellite and have an interview with Korvia next Friday, currently scouring the net trying to find out what to expect.

As far as I know, minor traffic offences won't affect your application; you won't even need to declare them.

Also, EPIK don't take applications earlier than their own start date so that may be another reason why they didn't get back to you.

Good luck with your Footprints interview, they're the agency I have gone with and I've found them to be great. Thanks to them I'll be jetting off to Ulsan in a few weeks so you're in good hands! Concentrate on getting your letters of recommendation and the application forms/lesson plan complete before anything else so you can apply to EPIK right from when they start accepting applications. This semester it was only open for 11 days before they received enough applicants.

Phone interview with Footprints screening team this Friday. I assume it's a phone interview because the email said they will contact me via my cellphone.

Any advice?

The phone interview with footprints was pretty simple and lasted only around 15 minutes for me. They ask questions like
"Are you okay with commuting up to around 1 hour?"
"Why do you want to teach in Korea?"

They're pretty straight forward questions, nothing too tricky. I'm with footprints recruiting as well. I've been placed in gyeongbuk and just scheduled my flight with their travel agency. They're a very good recruiting agency and they always reply back to my e-mails within the same day or next day.

I would suggest you get all your docs ready for the October application. Apply for your CBC mid-august and whenever you get it back, notarized/apostille it along with your other documents. So when you pass your interview you can mail out your documents right away because positions in metropolitan areas get filled pretty quick.

My only issue is that my diploma won't be sent to me until October (Graduating this month). I figured I'd sent the fingerprints next week.

That should be fine because even though applications open in October, you won't get an interview with EPIK until 1-3 weeks after you hand in your application. (At least that was my situation with footprints) So hopefully you'll have your diploma by then.

For me, right after I passed the interview, I got my documents apostilled the day after and mailed in my documents. If you're not close to the secretary of state building, this might take longer. I live in NYC, so i basically just walked into the building and was out with my apostilled documents after 30 minutes.